Komunikasi merupakan bagian penting dari perilaku caring perawat. Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi perilaku caring perawat pelaksana selama penerapan standarisasi komunikasi dalam timbang terima dengan metode SBAR. Desain penelitian ini quasi eksperimental pretest posttest with control group pada 62 responden yang dipilih secara purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku caring perawat pelaksana meningkat 5,13 poin lebih tinggi pada kelompok intervensi dibandingkan kelompok kontrol (p < 0,005). Penerapan standarisasi komunikasi dalam timbang terima dengan metode SBAR perlu diaplikasikan di seluruh unit rawat inap. Pengarahan kepala ruangan seperti supervisi dan pelatihan secara berkala perlu dilakukan untuk mempertahankan perilaku caring perawat pelaksana.

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Communication is an essential part of nurses caring behavior. The focus of this study is to identify nurses caring behavior during the implementation of standardized communication in handover with SBAR method. This quasiexperimental research design with pretest posttest control group in 62 respondents divided into two groups which has 31 selected nurses in each group by purposive sampling. The results showed that nurses caring behavior increased 5.13 points higher in the intervention group than in the control group (p <0.005). The implementation of it is need to be applied across the inpatient unit. One of function management: Direction, need to be done regularly times to maintain nurses caring behavior.